It all started with the “Question of the Day.” The idea was simple, requiring people to call into the radio station with the answer to an on-air question from the prior day’s broadcast. This was 2017 in Mindoro, Philippines, and the ripple effects from that one idea are still being felt today! Now we’re getting ready to do it again, but this time in all our key stations around the world! And what will the winners receive? A special edition of the Great Controversy, of course. Things have been falling into place at lightning speed. There is a heightened interest in spiritual things as people sense something big is about to happen. Recently, I shared how just a few months ago, we inaugurated a new AWR station in Bogotá, Colombia, and soon after, more than 240,000 people had downloaded the app to listen on their cell phones. But that’s not all . . . another 37,000 have requested Bible studies! God is doing something big, because something big is about to happen—and the world needs to know it! Hundreds of thousands of copies of this special book that sheds light on the history of the world from heaven’s perspective will be distributed, and I know the ripple effects will astound us. This was predicted more than 150 years ago when Ellen White wrote, “Publications will be multiplied in different languages to be scattered like the leaves of autumn. Missions will be established in other nations, and then will the followers of Christ be indeed the light of the world.” (Review & Herald, September 8, 1874) Watch this video, where I share a few of the highlights from this amazing project and what is happening around the world. We have to step out in faith and share this precious message. People are ready to hear it, and God is calling all who are willing. And yes, I especially love it when God uses Adventist World Radio to do it! Yours in the Blessed Hope, Duane McKey
President MB01JTNBA1EXQCA ANW3746_007_Active-Optimism Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYuy0YpC1kc
¿Los programas controlan los dones del Espíritu?
Hay algo que no funciona en nuestra comprensión actual de cómo el Espíritu Santo otorga dones espirituales a los creyentes. Me parece evidente que no estamos experimentando la plena manifestación del poder del Espíritu, al menos tal y como se describe su labor en el libro de los Hechos. Mientras tanto, cómodamente hemos limitado nuestra […] Source: https://atoday.org/los-programas-controlan-los-dones-del-espiritu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=los-programas-controlan-los-dones-del-espiritu
Inside Story: Treasure in Old Vessels
Treasure in Old Vessels
Thirteen-year-old Precious cried out in frustration as her father led her through the gates of a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school in Uganda. She wanted to study in the stately buildings of the school associated with her family’s denomination, not in the modest buildings of Katerera Primary School. “It’s not the magnificence but the academic excellence that matters, my daughter,” Father whispered into her ear. He said her preferred school had not performed well academically for the past three years.
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Precious bit her tongue, but her face showed her unhappiness as Father enrolled her at the school. When Father waved good-bye at the gate, her tears flowed freely. “Why has my beloved Dad chosen to imprison me in the name of schooling?” she blurted out. “This is ridiculous!”
“Hello, come,” a smiling woman said in a kind voice. “Let’s go to the dormitory, and I’ll show you where to sleep.”
Precious sadly followed as the woman carried her mattress and suitcase to the dormitory. That evening, her heart sank further when she saw students lining up outside an old building. She wondered what was happening until she saw the students carrying plates of food. She realized that it was the cafeteria. That evening, she ate a vegetarian meal for the first time in her life.
Later, Precious heard a bell ringing and saw students running joyfully to the campus chapel for evening worship. She decided to return to the dormitory, but the doors were closed. She returned to the chapel and stood on its porch, unsure about what to do. “Come, let’s enter the house of the Lord,” the same smiling woman said. “It’s prayer time. Don’t be sad.”
Precious felt loved, and she entered the chapel. Immediately, her sadness vanished inside. She had never heard such beautiful singing. She also marveled at the orderly and interesting 30-minute worship service that followed the singing. “At least I will enjoy this part of the school,” she thought.
Father didn’t return until the end of the school term. He had feared that Precious would refuse to stay if he came earlier. He was surprised when she announced that she wanted to return to the school. She said she did not want to miss the kind teachers who began every lesson with prayer and a Bible text and who offered practical advice whenever she faced challenges. The next term, the school held a week of prayer, and Precious gave her heart to Jesus in baptism. “Surely a school is more than its buildings,” she told me, the pastor who led the week of prayer.
This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will assist six Adventist schools in the East-Central African Division, including in Precious’ homeland of Uganda. Thank you for your generous offering.
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Friday: Further Thought ~ Rewards of Faithfulness
Further Thought:
Here is a word picture of a church family who are financially faithful managers of God’s business on earth.
The Stewardship Vision for Seventh-day Adventist Churches Around the World
It’s sometime in the future; and pastors and local church leaders have been successful at creating a stewardship environment in the church.
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They have taught, trained, supported, and encouraged the church family in biblical financial management.
People are implementing biblical principles into their lives. They are growing in generosity, saving on a regular basis for the unexpected, and moving out from under the bondage of consumer debt.
Their lifestyles are marked by moderation, discipline, and contentment. Money has been eliminated as the rival god, and they are growing in their relationship with the Creator God.
It’s Sabbath morning, and people are arriving for services. In their demeanor is a sense of peace — a lack of anxiety over financial matters, a pervading sense of contentment and gratefulness.
Marital conflict over money has been largely eliminated. They enter worship with a sense of anticipation and expectation of God’s presence and work among them.
The church’s ministries are fully funded, and it has a strong outreach. It extends the love of Christ in very tangible ways to those in need.
Funds have been made available to provide church facilities that wonderfully support ministry and that are maintained with excellence.
The question before us all is, “What is God calling us to do with whatever resources He has entrusted to us?”
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Education Day – 25 March 2023
From humble beginnings in 1858, the work of Seventh-day Adventist education has gone on from strength to strength. Though Adventists advocated primary education for children during the 1850s and 1860s, it was not until the early 1870s that the newly budding Seventh-day Adventist Church began to recognise and develop a denominationally based school system.
Today we have 9,500 institutions in 150 countries, with over 111,000 educators teaching more than 2 million students daily. The Seventh-day…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-03-23/1504/
